Cash to car dealers

Yesterday, the BBC reported on the american “cash for clunkers” programme, they had to translate ‘clunkers’ to ‘bangers’; I would say ‘beaters’. The programme was quite popular, so popular that, it has emptied the kitty set aside for it. A local television station (WKYC-3) has run a story with a stilted bias, a bias that is absurd. It purposely gives the impression, that it has been a hardship for the car dealers. The poor businessmen are breathlessly waiting for its end on Monday. This is our ‘liberal media’ in action. Quite often local ‘news’ stories are shills gratis, at other times they are disinformation propaganda.

Really, the whole thing has been a government dole to the owners of car dealerships! Business has been slow. Car salesman have been long, and loudly, whining about the dearth of customers. This has brought them in.

NO car dealer was forced to use the programme, they voluntarily did so. The money has been presented as a gift to the customer; it does not go to the customer, it goes to the dealer, and most certainly, the dealer will use it to his rhetorical and financial interest. The price of the vehicle, with the government incentive, will be higher than without the programme. No, the car dealer has not given a largess to the customer. No, the car dealer has not been cheated by the federal government.

Some car dealers have complained they have not received the government money, yet. It has been a short time, and how quick was your satisfaction in dealing with car dealerships. How often has your pay come immediately?

Remember, most car salesman are Republicans. This was a government gift to car dealers. A Republican candidate for US Senate, from Ohio, is Tom Ganley, a very successful car dealer. I do not know if he engaged in this programme. Perhaps, he could inform us, during the campaign, of his involvement, and whether he approved of such big government interference in the market. Perhaps, he can give a consistent answer in regards to how government benefits him.
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postscriptum: On 24 August, WEWS-5 ran a story featuring a Ganley dealership, which did participate.